After finishing in a deadheat, Solid Wager and jockey Victor Espinoza, right, and St. Joe Bay (jockey Kent Desormeaux), left, pose for the win photo for their victory in the Grade III, $100,000 Midnight Lute Stakes, Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia CA. The racing rarity? The winners are stablemates in the barn of trainer Peter Miller, (checkered shirt, hat) who won twice in the same race !. Benoit Photo

A few strides into the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, champion sprinter Drefong dropped jockey Mike Smith to the main track. Even though he was ineligible to win after that point, the colt had an undisputed impact on who won the race.

When the hard-knocking Mor Spirit earned a 6 1/4-length win in the $1.2 million Mohegan Sun Metropolitan Handicap (G1), it marked the fourth victory on the day for Bob Baffert and fifth triumph for Mike Smith.